Test 11 · ★★★ · Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories an…
A real lion sleeps most of the day. Why might a lion film still look full of action?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: real lion · What happens: sleep, look · To what, where: most, lion film
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «Documentaries vs cartoons: added sounds, edited stories and what is real» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: A real lion sleeps most of the day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 lion | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lion | amod |
| 3 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sleeps | nsubj |
| 4 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 sleeps | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 most | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sleeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | a real lion | most of the day | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Why might a lion film still look full of action?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 look | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 look | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 film | det |
| 4 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 film | compound |
| 5 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 look | obl |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 look | advmod |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 look | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 action | case |
| 10 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 full | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | might | a lion film | still | full property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
Lions are much busier when they know a camera is filming them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 busier | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 busier | cop |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 busier | advmod |
| 4 | busier | busy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 filming | nsubj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 know | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 busier | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 camera | det |
| 9 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | obj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 filming | aux |
| 11 | filming | film | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 filming | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Lions | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | present | Lions = lion | a camera | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer camera=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | film | present · progressive | busier | Lions = lion | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2
Lions only sleep in zoos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sleep | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 sleep | advmod |
| 3 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 zoos | case |
| 5 | zoos | zoo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | Lions | zoos | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in zoo=Location |
Option 3
The film is shown backwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 film | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shown | aux:pass |
| 4 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 4 shown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · passive | the film | backwards property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The film shows only the most exciting moments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 film | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 moments | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 moments | det |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 exciting | advmod |
| 7 | exciting | exciting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 moments | amod |
| 8 | moments | moment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the film | moment | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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